Demand for professionals in data science and analytics is expected to rise significantly over the next years (cf. this study by IBM). In order to keep track of future job trends, we started the DataCareer Job Market Index (DJMI) in July 2017. We track job openings on the biggest online job board, Indeed , in the fields of data science and analytics, data engineering, business intelligence, artificial intelligence and...

Much has been written on the most popular software and programming languages for Data Science (recall, for instance, the infamous “Python vs R battle”). We approached this question by scraping job ads from Indeed and counting the frequency at which each software is mentioned as a measure of current employer demand. In a recent blog post , we analyzed the Data Science software German employers want job applicants to know...

One approach to estimate and track employer demand of data science software is to analyze which skills are asked for in job ads. We did this using job ads on Indeed and showed which data science software skills are most in-demand in Germany and worldwide . In this post, we describe the methods these analyses are based on. We worked with R, as it offers convenient packages facilitating the task.
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In early 2017, “data scientist” was named the “Best job in America” for the second time in a row by the popular job site Glassdoor . Despite the surge in demand for data scientists in the tech and other industries, landing a job at a prestigious company is no easy feat. Based on our conversations with recruiters at top firms as well as senior data scientists, we have identified the four top skills that will get...